Total Crime Rate

90.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.8 9/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bulwer Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 264th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bulwer Street (L20 4QH) in the last 12 months was 90.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% lower than the Linacre average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bulwer Street (L20 4QH), the main crime hotspot is near Gray Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bulwer Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cookson Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muspratt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kipling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Deepdale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Deepdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seaforth Vale West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Seaforth Vale West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deepdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawarden Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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